Engine-stand



J. H. STALEY. ENGINE STAND. APPLlCI\ T|(1N FILED JULY 14' I919.

1,363,286, Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

W taley qXWwwo o F UNITED STATES) JOSEPH H. STALEY, OF KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA.

ENGINE-STAND.

Application filed July 14, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. STALEY, a citizen of the United States residing at Knightstown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Engine-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to engine stands or supports, and has for an object the provision of means for adjustably supporting an internal combustion engine in a convenient position for repairing or assembling its components.

Another object of this invention is to provide a motor or engine support of generally improved construction, whereby the device will be simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable, and efiicient in its use.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the engine stand or support.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental sectional View taken through one of the bracket bearings.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevation showing an engine attached to the device.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a frame comprising spaced supports or sills 5 which are preferably formed of angle iron, and the sills are connected by opposed transversely disposed braces 6, formed of the usual angle iron. Supporting legs 7 have their lower terminals secured to the sill 5 and braces 6, these legs are formed of angle iron and converge toward their upper ends, at which point they meet and are secured to bearing members 8. An apron 9 extends downwardly from the lower face of each of the bearing members 8, and shoulders 10 are formed at the lower faces of the bearing members 8 and the upper terminals of the aprons 9. Each supporting leg 7 is secured at its upper terminal to the apron 9 by means Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Serial No. 310,526.

of rivet or other securing devices 11, and the ends of these angular legs 7 engage the shoulders 10. The legs 7 and transverse braces G are connected by obliquely disposed brace straps 12, by riveting or otherwise securing the opposed ends of these straps to the braces 6 and legs 7 respectively.

A transversely disposed aperture or opening 13 is formed in each of the bearing members 8 for the reception of trunnions 14 that extend from opposed obliquely disposed supportingbraokets 15 and 16. Each bracket has a relatively broad shoulder 14; formed. at the juncture of the bracket and its trunnions let, and these shoulders are adapted to engage the inner faces of the bearings 8 to assist in supporting the brackets 15 and 16. A slit 1'? extends radially from the aperture 13 through one side wall of each bearing 'member 8, thereby forming a split or clamping bearing. Lugs 18 are formed on the bearing 8 to each side of the slit 17 and the lower lug is threaded for the reception of a clamping screw 19, which has an operating handle 20 slidably secured thereto.

The bracket 16 is reduced at that terminal which is remote from its bearing to provide a clamping jaw 21, and this jaw 21 has spaced apertures 22 formed therein for the reception of bolts 23. These bolts extend through apertures 24: formed in a clamping plate 25, and this clamping plate is adapted to cooperate with the clamping jaw 21, as will be hereinafter disclosed. That terminal of the bracket 15 which is remote from its bearing is vertically disposed and has transversely disposed apertures 26 formed therein.

In use, any commercial gasolene engine may be conveniently supported by this device by slightly modifying the supporting brackets 15 and 16 to conform to the configuration peculiar to the motor supported. The present design is adapted for use in connection with the well known Ford engine or motor, and this motor may be supported in any convenient position by clamping the usual flanges F extending from the cylinder block and crank case between the clamping jaw 21 and clamping plate 25. Now the water manifold is clamped to the outer terminal of the bracket 15, by securing any suitable clamping device within the apertures 26. The motor may be adjusted to any convenient position by loosening the clamping bearings 8 by rotating the screws 19, and after the motor has been brought to the position desired it is then securely fixed to the stand by again clamping the bearings 8 about the trunnions 14 of the brackets 15 and 16. Casters or Wheels 27 are secured to the lower faces of the sills 5 to provide means for allowing the engine or motor stand to be transported to any desired destination.

Having thus described my device, What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described including a frame, conver ing legs formed of stock angle iron supported by the frame, bearing members having transversely disposed apertures formed therein and radial slits, extending from these apertures, attaching aprons extending from each bearing mem ber thereby defining shoulders at the bases ofthe bearing members, said aprons and shoulders adapted to engage the outer terminal of the said legs, means for securing the said aprons to the outer terminals of the said legs, opposed obliquely disposed supporting brackets, trunnions extending from the supporting brackets and adapted to engage the apertures of the bearings, a vertically disposed supporting member formed at the outer terminal of one of the supporting brackets, a clamping device carried at the outer terminal of the opposed supporting bracket, and clamping screws threaded to the said bearings and adapted to clamp the bearings about the said trunnions.

2. A device of the class described including a frame comprising spaced sills formed of angle iron, spaced transversely disposed braces having their opposed terminals secured to the sills, said braces being formed of angle iron, opposed sets of converging supporting legs formed of angle iron and having their lower terminals secured to the sills and said braces, the components of each set of legs meeting at their upper terminals, obliquely disposed brace straps, each strap having one terminal secured to one oi the sills and the opposed terminal secured to one of the legs, opposed bearing members, aprons extending downwardly from the bearing members and adapted to conform to the configuration of the upper terminals of the said legs, means for securing the aprons to the said legs, opposed obliquely disposed supporting brackets, and means for adjustably securing the brackets to the said bearings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOSEPH H. STALEY.

Witnesses H. LAVAUGHN HAMILTON,

ARNOLD F. OVERMAN. 

